The Arizal taught that prayer itself is comprised of four sections or rungs on a ladder and that these sections relate implicitly to the four ascending worlds of Kabbalah. The first rung of prayer comprises the preliminary morning blessings until the prayer Baruch Sheamar, which begins the next section. The morning blessings correspond to the world of Assiyah, action. The series of blessings thank God and acknowledge His goodness in providing for all the basic abilities and requirements enabling us to function in the practical world of action.In this section we create a vessel in this physical world for the coming blessings of our meditation. We fix our own physical bodies.

The second rung consists of the section of prayer referred to as Pesukei D’Zimrah, Verses of Praise. These prayers are comprised of the psalms of David, inspiring praises to God for creating the beautiful world we live in. This section corresponds to the world of Yetzirah, formation. Nature both reveals and hides God. It is for us to search for God and praise His manifest creation, maintaining a sense of awe even when ”grown up.” This world relates to our emotional attachments and response to the world around us. This section of the meditation fixes the soul level called “Ruach” (Spirit) , the Emotional soul.

The next section of prayer is centered around the recitation of the Shema, the ultimate unification of the NAME OF GOD in His creation. This section begins with a description of how the angels daily praise God and leads into the Shema, the revelation of the soul’s understanding of the nature of God’s unity. The beginning of this section represents the angels ascending and descending on the ladder and culminates with man standing humbly, yet elevated, ready to speak directly to the Creator. This once again teaches us that ultimately the soul is rooted in a higher place than even the angels. This third rung corresponds with the world of Briyah, creation and relates to the intellect. This level is the Soul called “Neshama” (soul of Divine intellect). This level of the soul is a part of the God itself. By the Meditation of the “Sma” we unify the Divine name YHV”H with our self and everything in a more revealed way preparing us for the work of the next level.

_____________________________________Even the structure of the atom has been found by the mind. Therefore the mind is subtler than the atom. That which is behind the mind, namely the individual soul, is subtler than the mind.

I am being compelled to place it here, as I feel you might resonate with it.

Good morning everyone. :)

Happy Turkey Day.

I have much to be thankful for and plan on spending most of my day with family.

Interesting to note perhaps, as I am not finding a reference...

It was something I heard when I woke up an hour ago.

Another word...

'Kaleth'.

It was uttered in a sentence of which I don't remember all the words

Something like...

**** ***** kaleth, Christ of the Kether!

I have no idea what this means.

Just thought I would throw it out there.

Quoting: Seer777

This didn't come up during my initial search but I find it a bit...eerie.

Kaleth, or the Temple of Knowledge was one of nine temples of the Je'daii Order located on the lush and dangerous world of Tython. A large stone structure with four large, square towers, the temple at Kaleth served as a repository of knowledge and wisdom for many generations.

A large stone structure with four large, square towers, the temple at Kaleth served as a repository of knowledge and wisdom for many generations.